Means for balancing centrifugal pumps.



J. DEG'EN.

. PATENTED MAR. 13,` 1906.

MEANS FOR BALANCING GENTRIVFUGAL PUMPS. APPLIOATION ljILBD JULYe,19c5.

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Ww i Mmw PATBNTED kMARIS, 1906. J. DBGEN.

G GENTRIPUGAL PUMPS. APPLIGATIO-H FILED JULY 6, 1905.

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PATBNTBD MAR..13, 1906. J. DEGEN.l Y MEANS POR BAL'AN'GING GENTRIFUGAL PUMPS.

APPLICATION FILED IULYS. 1905.

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' s anism or construction as will fully accomplish' UNITED STATES PATENT L 'OFFIGE.; i

` JULIUs DEeEN, oFTRENroN,,v NEW Jnasnr, Assie'N'oRfBr MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, ro LEA DEeEN PUMP COMPANY, oF-TRENToN,

NEW .russian A'ooaPo1 ,AT1oN;oF NEW JERSEY.

' MEANS Foa BALANcmG-csNTF-iiFuGAi. PUMPS.

.To all u toin it Magcom-cern 4Be 1t known that I, J ULrs DEGEN, a citizen of the Republic vof Switzerland, residing in Trenton,in the countyof Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented certain newj- -and' useful Improvements in Means fr Balancing Centrifugal Pumps, of which' the following isa specification.

lThe invention has reference to `that class of mechanisms oi' apparatus which roduce '.their r sults; mainly by. centrifuga force.

pumps." .l The object of'the inventionfis to render ysuch devicesmore highly efficient by overcoming in a practical way that objectionable feature in thisclass of `meche'tnismswhich is f commonly known 'as the end thrust of the shaft which carries andoperates therevolvingparts of such devices;

t isa further object of the invention to lde' pend' somewhat upon the, power within the device to assist in 4the Acounterbalan'c'ing of suchend4 lthrust andto provide such mechtheresults designed to be obtained.'

' It is also -a design toapply .theprinciples o f this invention toiappara'tus, embodying single or multistage constructions.

It is also a design-of the invention to mount j a plurality f the nnpell'ers upon a single'shaft,

i to mount' suchishaft'in 'suitable a justingbearings, and .to locate such bearings substan- 35- fally at' or contiguous to the line of-union between the'casing-sections', whereby when the cover is .removed the shaft and all of the elements carried thereby may be removed at will. It may be here remarked that in practice it will probably be found preferable to divide the'casin'ginto halves andto locate the bearing for the shaft contiguous to the line of union of such halves.

It isalso a designof the invention to construct or. -build up such 'casing-halves' of a number oflaterally associated and connected sections, so that the casing as a whole may be formed to accommodate a greater or less 5 number of impelling devices in order to varyv the capacity of the apparatus.

* -Itis'a further design of the invention to so associate the impellers with the shaft that they may be readily and mechanically re.

Specification of Letters Patent. v- Application filed July 6, 1905. Serial No. 268,490.

' Patented-Maren moved from the lating said impellers,

Shaft at will without mul-ifi' Itis also a still further design ofthe invei-Ss tion to provide for theadjustrnent oflthe shaft inthe plane of itslongitudinall axis,

Vwhereby Kall the impellerswhich aremounted thereon 'may be simultaneously adjusted rela.-

i 'tively -to walls ofthe cells of the casing for the i purpose of preventing end thrustofthe shaft renderthe action ofthe pump more efficient.; and to this end itis also an object to provide simple and .eflicientmeans for effecting the f :relative adjustments oflsaid shaft,

Itis also a design to provide suitable types ofpreferabl'y automatic packing between the`v 'Lshaftand the walls of the'casing. and the par- 4titions therein which will' vbeve'flectii're to au- Y tornatically compensatefo'r suchwefar as mayl -take place between said shaft and the open-'- ings throughA which the shaft is passed.

' Means are rovided whereby the throw of the fluid resu ting from the action of thciim- .pellers may be gradually interrupted, so as to decrease the fluid velocity, whereby to transform kinetic energy of thefluid into hydraulic pressure, andalso for switching the low from one 'impelling stage to another next succeeding,l and it is designed to so locate such means relatively to -the impellers as to posivtively insure 'such deflection and for gradually checking. the rotative-motion of the Huid after leaving the impeller. l

It is also a design to provide means byA which the intake of air at those points wherel the shaft passes through the casing due to high suction from within when the. pump is in operation will be prevented.

The invention may be embodied` into any suitable form best calculated to-yield eiiicient results, and `a disclosure of oneof 'such emf bodiments is illustratedfon the accompanyling sheets of drawings, whereon-v Figure 1 illustrates a longitudinal section of a pump of multistage type and embodyingsaidinvention. Fig.y 2 illustrates a top plan view thereof. Figf 4illustrates an end elevational view of one of the stages, partly in section. Fig. 4 illustrates anelevational view, partly in section,of a bearing of an iinpeller-shaft. Fig. 45 illustrates an end view of the suction end. of the pump-casing.. Fig?" 6 illustrates a removable securing device' icov los;

p the invention maybe embodied in the pump which may be bolted t the gears of the counterbalancing device may sired, the sections 15 and nlmay be united `may be had toparts within the chamber adapted to be used between# the shaft and the impellers and also illustrates a form of one of the automaticallyadjustable packings. Fig. 7 illustrates an end view showing means for moving the securing device relatively to the shaft and the impellers. Fig. 8 illustrates an enlarged view of a packing used at those points where the shaft passes out of the casing. Fig. 9 yillustrates aperspective view of a form of means for fastening the imellers' to the shaft. Fig. 10 illustrates an'enarged vieW in elevation and partly in section of means for counterbalancing the end thrust of the shaft. F ig. 1 1 illustrates a view similar to Fig. 10, but slightly modified; and Fig. 12 represents in detail a construction whereby the stud carrying an intermediate gear for be caused to float.

In the several illustrations similarlcharacters of reference apply to similar parts.

A form of the invention as illustrated may comprehend a casing 12, which in the present instance may be of the multicellular type and may embody a plurality of sections 13 laterally associated and which may be united as in the present instance disclosed, by fastening devices 1 4, lsuch as bolts, and a section 15 comprehending a volute channel 16, which emanates in a tangential discharge 17, may be secured to one side of the associated sections 13, While to the opposite side may be applied-a section 18 embodying an inlet '19. `It will be understood, however, that, if deirrespective of the intermediate sections in order to produce another form of pump, or

shown in Fig. 10. The sections 13, 15, and- 18 may be so constructed and united as to form casing-halves 2O and 21, one of which, for instance, as 20, may be provided in the presence instance with supports 22 and bear-v ings 23 and-24, while the other casing-half 21 may serve as a cover for said casing and Which may be removed at will, so that access formed by said casing, and also for permitting such parts to be removed at will, and said halves may each be provided with flanges 25,

ogether by bolts 26.

, Rotatably mounted in the bearings 23 and 24, respectively, is a shaft 27., upon which may be carried a plurality of inipellers 2S, operating in cells 2,9, which are formed in the present instance by partitions 30 and walls l 251 of the casing. This shaft 27 is designed to carry the impellers 28, which. may be secured thereto by sleeves 3;),which are fitted upon said shaft and which maybe provided a with a tapering portion 33, which may be split partly along its body. as 234, and this portion is adapted to take into a tapering bore IS7) in the hubs Ilt of the impellersl L25. Earl] sleeve may be provided with a flange i sleeve niay be forced home into its seat in thc '7u h ub. This flange 37 may also be provided with screw threaded openings 41,'in which may take bolts 42, the ends 43 of which are adapted to bear against the face 44 of the hub 36. Hence when the bolts 39. are. -removed and the bolts 42 are forced inwardly the sleeve 32 may be readily and mechanically withdrawn from the hubs 36 of the impellcrs, so that the latter may be readily removed Without hammering and battering. l

The sleeves 32 in the present instance may be provided with an elongated portion 45, which extends from the flange 37 and into the bore 46 of the partitions 30. Thissleeve portion 45 may be provided with a flange 47, which may take into said bore, and against said flange may take a packing 48, whichl may be pressed thereagainst Vby a ring 49, movable on the sleeve portion 45, and which may be forced against the packing by a spring 50, which also bears against a flange 51, carried by sleeve 45, such spring in the present instance being adapted to play in recesses 52 and 53, formed in said flanges, whereby the same may be held in piace. Thus when the packing 48 is subjected to wear said spring 50 will move the ring 49 so as to further compress said packing toward the flange 47, whereby to compensate for any wear thatinaytake place between the packing and the flange. In this con'ection it may also `be remarked that while the packing device may be carried by the portion 45 of the sleeve 32 such device may be constructed, if desired, independently of said sleeve. lt will also be noted in this connection that when the shaft 27 is Iadjusted longitudinally in either direction the spring 50 will be instrumental in causing the ring 49 and the packing 48 to also shift, whereby to always maintain the packing against the flange 47.

For packing the shaft 27 in the bore 54, where the shaft leads from the casing 112, the portion 45 of the last sleeve 32 may be provided with thc flange 47, the movable ring 49. the packing 4S, and a similar movable ring 55, similar to the ring 49, and u packing 56.

which may take against a nut 57, adapted to' be held in place by a jam-nut 58, which may be SUNY-threaded onto the portion 45, and the spring-50 maybe interposed between the rings 49 and 55 for instance. as seen in Fig. S. The packing for the bore 555 will be thi` same as it is for the bore 54 and may be car 'ried b v 'a sleeve 69. which in the present instance may be screw-tlneaded. as a t (il upon the hub Siti of one of the impellers.

ln order to seal the pump against the intaking of air by suction through the bore 555 'when the pump is in operation, a conduit (lil vis royided Which leads from thefcasing 12l ian connectswith. the f aching 'device'for said bore 555, whereby the atter vvillbe constantly itilled with# the '.iiuid from# Within" the casing.

In `a'structurel o this .or any'oth'er simi-A so-fovercomingthe end thrust to Whi/clfr/the' impeller-shaft may be lSubj'ectedgas/to permit such shaft, aswell as' IJ/he impellers/to run;

-free from that resistance Which results' irom "the" creation of the end thrust the'shafi-.Q In order t'o successfully accomplish this-resuit, it is not only necessary'to provide means '.for shifting the shaft ,in a directin opposite balance the pump Vduring 'cessfully -overcoming en to the direction ofthrust, but to maintain to some degree the location ofthe shaft after it; has been so shifted. To accomplish' this purej pose, I provide chambers 64 and 65 on each side of the impellers28 and-the'cells 29and so locate the impellers 2 8 Within the cells as spaces or passages pprovide communication between the cellsf29 andthe chambers 64 and 65. These spaces or passa es 66are so varied onetherside'of ,the impe 1ers 28 as to createy variable pressure inv the chambers 64. and' 65, accordingto the position the ini-1 eller assumes Within thecell, .Whereby'to operation' and sucthrust. ability-may be accomplished by. shifting.l the shaft and the -.impellers, and ,to accomplish such shiftmentl provide means forautomatically shifting the shaft. In the forms illustrated in Figs. 1, 10, and 11 the shaft at ,one end is coupled to an arrangement vvl'iichcontrolsthe axial movement r ofthe shaft, according to the direction of thrust. An embodiment of .such arrangement may consist oli tWo members`67 and68, Whichare mounted for rotation in coincidence With the rota- -tion ofthe shaft 27, but-Which movev axially in. opposed directions, but independently and intermittently, according to. the direction of thrust. These members may be operated 'in any suitable manner and are shown as being controlled' and operated by'-a member '69., Which'may' be positively associatedwith the be-of any suitable character yor construction and may bev operated in any suitable manner. -As here indicated, the members 67 and 68 comprise gearsmounltedupon hubs "Z0-and-7l, one of which, as 70,`is provided with a right,-4 hand screw-threaded portion 72, while the other, as 71, is provided 'with aleft-hand screw-threaded portion 73, and these por- I tions are mounted in correspondingly-threade ed'portions 74 'and 7 5, respectively, of a cas-v ing 76, Winch 1s secured by bolts 77 and 78 to the bearing'eirain/ef.of the pump-casing; `,The 5 l intermediate member `69 may be i t eterni- "of airictiondislr Which isI mounted upon a.' spindle 7-9, "70, and .W

the 'shaft `27`jai1d Whichmay beheld lfriction/- l; end ofthe shaft.- Fortlie purpose olf/rotat-y the casing 76 and t e gear ,-84 i`s providedwith vment to and fro relative y to that gear ofthe gears 6'7 and 68, v ax/3cordingtothe'.direction of movement of said'gears. lIn the illustration Fig. 1L() and as the same visclearlyseen in Fig; 12'the side 85 of this .gear 84 is vI'nountfed upon the. directionof the arrow 89 by an endthru/stl in thatdirection', -th'edisk 6.9 Will friction ally turn the hub70in its vbear1ng`75, `Wherebybyt virtue of .the screw-threads 72 the shaft 27. 'will be'iirged in the'direction of the arrovv'Ql.

serving to communicate the motion from the linsteadoi moving in the direction of the'arrow.

tv veen Will be 'between the disk 69van'd`the gear 68, and the operation just explained W-ill 'thereforebe' reversed. Thus it VWill be s eenv lthe direction of thrust Wherebythe end thrust of' the shaft may be automatically counter.- balanced.l

In lorder that the fluid which is thrown out fromthe imp ellers may be transposed iremone stage to another when the pump is in op.-` eration, there is provided a series ofideiie'c- .tors 92, (more clearly seen in Eig.'3,) which ripheral ow 'as' to sufficiently break up the velocity which the owpossesses -Wh'en it leaves the impellers-- lally place byfa ceneshapedportion )8221 Whichiiitsf nt-acorresponding seat 83'in/ the passing through a 'bore' inrth'hub "ch inthe. present instance i/ sf'f'ya scre'W-threaded,"as at.y 80,v into a socket-81 of:

-teeth 8 6 ofsufiicient len th to permit almevea slide 87,-'vvhich .moves upona guideway 88,.) so that as .the-gears 67 and 6,8 move the-gear 84 Will move'al'so. Itthe shaft 27 yis urged inf- `gear67 to the 4gear. 68 said ear 68 Will'also move .inc oincidenc'e with t e gear 67. If-

are 'so dis osed or located in the path oflpefurther intended to"decr ease the iuid veloc- IZ'O itygradually, thus transferring the kinetic The'defiectors 92. may be carried by radial ribs 93 and are provided with 'beaks-` 94, (more clearly shown in Fig. 3,) which are lo-A cated. approximately contiguous to the peripheries 95 ofthe`i1npellers'28,so that they" seen in Fig. 11, the eaks 94 of said deleetors may exertffh'eir influence upon the fluid substantially at apoint where the iluid 1s' liberated fromtheimpellers, and' therefore, as

ing the gears 67.-.and68/"incoincid cean intermediate vear84is' locatedwity the trame?u 76and hel inplace by a stud-85.v Inithe "illustration/Fig: 1 this stud.. lis ai'iXed to 'engage the face 960i the gear 67 which `vnill .'95. At. the same ,.tlme by virtue of thegear 84 "L00 89 .the .end thrust should urge the shaft S27-fin the'- direction of the arrow 91', the contact be- .105 thatfI have provided means dependingupon These deflectors are -energv of the fluid into. hydruli'c pressure.

' defiectors to l with portsV 100, through -such as brass, which may 'portions 101, creating which may take ball-bearing races 103, corv may, if desired, extend a substantial distance l over the partitions and into the cells 29.' Thus it will be seen that as the water enters the pump through the inlet 17 it will be caught upby the impellers and whirled with centrifugal force to the peripheries of the cells 29, when it will be-transformedvby the the next succeeding stage and the operation repeated throughout the pump structure until it reaches the volute channel emanating into the tangential discharge,

where it leaves the latter under high and accumulated pressure.

For the purposeof forming a packing at the points between the impellers 28 the walls of the casing 12 and the partitions I may provide rings 86 of some suitable material,

be carried by the impellers 2S and which may contact with ianges 91v on the partitions. For the purpose of receiving such leakage as 'may be di'scharged from the packings at the ends of the casing one 'of t-he halves may be provided fvices which automatica with chambers 9S, which may be formed in the brackets 99, which supports the bearings, and which `chambers 98 may be rovided which the i uid may be drawn o'. The shaft .may be provided with reduced shoulders 102, against responding to a race 104 and which may be mounted in seats 105 of bearings 106 and 107 and between which circuits 108 balls mav operate. For the purpose of holding the ball racel in place the shaft may be screw-threaded at 109 to receive nuts 110 and 111. The bearings just described will be furnished with a suitable lubricant, in which the ,ball-bear ings may run, and when it is desired to furnish the bearings with a new lubricant the oldmay be drawn 0H through the opening 112. For the purpose of preventing the lubricant from oozing out from the bearing such lubricant as may Hy from the parts may take' into a duct 113, which is provided with an outlet 1 lah-leading back into the chamber.

It will now be seen that the casing maybe built up of a series of independent sections suitably jointed together and which may form two independent casing-halves, one of which may support a shaft upon which is mounted a plurality of impelling stages and the other of which may serve as a cover and which is 'attachable to the other section and adapted to -be removed, whereby to not only permit ready access to the parts within the casing, but to also allow the shaft and its related elements to be lifted out of the casing at will. It will also be observed that the iml pellers are so mounted upon the shaft that they may be easily removed mechanically without rendering them untitfor use, which is a desideratui'n in this class of devices. It ij will also be noticed that there are provided i i relativel)v to the walls ofthe suitable au tomatically-o erating packing deffy take up the wear and prevent leakage at the bearingsthrough which the shaft passes from one stage to another and to the outside ,of the casing. It will be further noticed that means are pro-l vided to not only deflect the course ofthe fluid when the same is thrown against the casing by the centrifugal action of the impellers and also for catching or interrupting the iiow at a point contiguous to the point where it leaves the rim of the impeller, but for also decreasing the fluid velocity gradually, thus transferring the kinetic energy of the iiuid into hydraulic pressure. It will also be observed that I provide means for longitudinally shifting or adjusting the shaft, together with the impellers thereto secured, so that said impellers may be simultaneously adjusted with the adjustment of the shaft to bring the mouth of said impellers in relative different positions to the walls and partitions of the casing, whereby-to e ualize the thrusts ofthe shaft, and thereby the operation of the device.

While this description appertains in the` main to a pump of the multistage type, it is obvious that the principles an designs of this invention may be embodied into a single-stage pump. h

Within the purview of this invention I may resort to various constructions or assemblage of parts, and it is comprehended that the results sought to beobtained may be effected through the instrumentality of various constructions, and therefore it must be understood that the construction illustrated on the accompanying sheets of drawings, together with the detail description thereto appel-taining, shall not be considered as vconfining this invention to this particular form of mechanism herein illustrated and described.

Having thus described this invention, I claim 1. In 'a device of the character specified, the combination witha casing having a cell with chambers in communication therewith, an impeller rotatably mounted in said cell, and means to automatically shift the impeller relatively to the walls of the cells to vary the size of the outlet from the chambers to the cell whereby to balance the device, said means consisting of a member adapted to be actuated from the impeller-shaft, and means adaptedto be operated thereby in alternation for shifting the member in opposite directions also in alternation.

2. In a deviceof the character specified, the combination with a casing having cells with chambers in communication with each i cell, impellers rotatably mounted in each cell,

and means to automatically shift the impellers j cells to var v the size of the outlets from the chambers to the cells whereby to balance the device, said IOO means consist-ing of a rotating member adapte.

ed-to be actuated by the shaft carrying/the impellers, and means to be operated thereby in alternation for shiftingfthe member in opposite directions also 4in alternation.

3. Ina device of' the character specified,-

, the combination with agcasing made up of a vplurality of sections, and comprising v.cells with chambers in communication therewith, a rotatably-mounted shaft, impellers carried by the shaft, devices located on said shaft for. removably securing Athe impellers to the shaft,

automatic packingndevices carried' bysaid de.

A members.

vices, and means: to automatically -shift .the shaftvlongitudinally to' adjust 'the impellers relatively tothe Walls of the cells, said means consisting of a-rotatably-mounted member adapted to rotate in unison' with the shaft,

' and 2means adapted to be 'movedgaxiall by said member, said'axially-movable mem ers beingA operated bythe alternating contact of the member carried bythe shaft, with said 4. A balancing device for centrifugal lpumps consisting of a member'adaptedto 'e' aiiixed t 'to "an impeller-shaft, of a member having a bearingin a left-hand screw-threaded member', of another member having avbearmg 1n a rightL-handedrscreweth'readed member, means' for o eratin'g .said members in lunison, the mem er-aflixed tothe shaft being adapted to alternately contact with the members and move theml axially'in opposite directions in posite directions, each member operating 1n a'screW-t'hreaded bearing, said screw-threaded bearings being left and right handed re' spectively, and.y means operating in conjunctionv with both members foroper'ating them in-unis'on axially.

the 4'combination with a disk attached to a 1 shaft, of a member .having a spindle which is"v 'providedfwith a left-handeduscreW-thread, of anothermember having, a spindle `provided. with a right-handedscrew-thread, means for. 'causing the tw'o members to move in `unison iii-said threads when the disk alternately con- -tactswith said members. 4

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their screw-threaded bearings, whereby-to n a device of the. character specified,

contact with the disk to 4shift the latter in op' 7. In adevice of thecharacter specified, 

